Blind watchers of the sky : the people and ideas that shaped our view of the universe / Rocky Kolb.

Title: 
Blind watchers of the sky : the people and ideas that shaped our view of the universe / Rocky Kolb.

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Author/Artist: 
Kolb, Edward W.
Publisher: 
Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, [1997], c1996.
Description: 
xii, 338 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Format of Material: 
Books
Subjects: 
Cosmogony.
Solar system.
Bib ID: 
79094
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Location: 
Secured Stacks - Archives (Non-Active)
Call Number: 
Range 16, Bay 3, Shelf 6, Mark Pendergrast research collection
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Notes: 
"First paperback printing, April 1997" -- T.p. verso
This item is part of the Mark Pendergrast research collection.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-322) and index.
Explores the lives and accomplishments of the scholars and laymen whose discoveries created the foundation for our understanding of the universe.
Mark Pendergrast research collection
Palomar: Mount Palomar Observatory p. 3.
Contents: 
Eyes on the skies --
The solar system --
Smashing the celestial spheres --
Wars of the worlds --
The Galileo equation --
Newton at a distance --
The galaxy --
The third dimension --
Islands in the sky --
The universe --
The expanding fog --
A matter of degrees --
Primordial soup --
The raw edge --
The devil in the Details.
ISBN: 
020115496X
Series: 
Helix book.
Helix books